Chapter 5 – Programmable Keypad Utility Program
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Main Menu
The Main Menu provides six selections:
Exit, Files, Macros, Upload,
Download,
and
Utilities.
The Main Menu is shown in Figure Chapter 5 -1.
Exit
Files
Macros
Upload
Download
Utilities
Xycom PKIM Utility: MAIN L-Arrow, R-Arrow, Enter
Figure Chapter 5 -1. Main Menu
Each of the Main Menu selections is described in separate sections below.
Exit
Exit closes open files and exits the utility.
ESC
can also be used for this purpose and for
exiting the other menus.
Files Menu
Files containing keypad macro sets (a macro for each key) may be saved on disk and
loaded into memory to view, edit, or download to the PKIM. Some of these files may be
included in the utility package for use in reconfiguring the keypads for different software
packages and as templates for defining completely new keypad macro sets.
When you choose
Files
, a pull-down menu is displayed that provides the following
choices:
Open, Close, Save, Save As, Delete,
and
Exit
.
Open
Opens a file that contains a macro set for one of the keypads and loads the contents into
memory. Any macro set in memory is overwritten. Once loaded, the macro set is avail-
able to edit, view, teach, and/or download to the PKIM.
Close
Clears the macro set from memory and closes the file from which they came.
